Data released Friday by Ipsos in its annual Pride Report showed Canada was among the few nations where support has gone up among 26 countries surveyed.
yeah, you know, I’m all for inclusion and making everyone feel seen, but I feel like you have to draw the line somewhere before things start getting ridiculous and we have an initialism that’s like, 10+ characters long. I was cool with extending it to a point, but it is genuinely getting to the point of absurdity if you were to try speaking it aloud.
edit: idea: we gotta find an acronym. And I don’t just mean one acronym, I mean a good, well-branded acronym like NASA, but one that also changes for every time we as a species decide another character is warranted. We gotta make an acronym with expansion in mind
Just add a + to the letters you remember if you don’t want to use a term like gay or queer. Also, i have never met someone upset because their letter was omitted.
This is why I just go with “queer” if I’m being general. One syllable, and I don’t have to remember as much or stay on top of new additions.
yeah, you know, I’m all for inclusion and making everyone feel seen, but I feel like you have to draw the line somewhere before things start getting ridiculous and we have an initialism that’s like, 10+ characters long. I was cool with extending it to a point, but it is genuinely getting to the point of absurdity if you were to try speaking it aloud.
edit: idea: we gotta find an acronym. And I don’t just mean one acronym, I mean a good, well-branded acronym like NASA, but one that also changes for every time we as a species decide another character is warranted. We gotta make an acronym with expansion in mind
Like you I’m 100% for inclusion but this alphabet salad is soooooooo goddamn dumb.
Just add a + to the letters you remember if you don’t want to use a term like gay or queer. Also, i have never met someone upset because their letter was omitted.
The only one that feels like a statement is leaving out one of L, G, B or T. But even then, honest mistakes aren’t a big deal.
My girlfriend and I just say LGBTABCD lol
Or all of the variations across countries… I mainly use “queer” also